Sontag Surname

86,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,550 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Sontag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9251:123,91813,187
Germany7091:113,54813,978
Brazil5461:392,07814,963
France4861:136,67220,929
Canada2511:146,79515,033
Poland1381:275,42633,676
England1121:497,48331,781
Finland701:78,5248,534
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Austria461:185,11823,639
Argentina321:1,335,73276,713
Luxembourg301:19,3514,315
Croatia291:145,81420,021
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Slovakia91:592,93964,129
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guam11:160,1214,893
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4281:117,33311,513

The alternate forms: Sontág (55) are calculated separately.

Sontag (24) may also be a first name.

Sontag Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sontag Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sontag is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as: Sontág. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sontag.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontag? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 86,765th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,313,071 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Sontag reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 24 people.

Sontag is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2,925 people, or 1 in 123,918. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 9 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Missouri, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 10 percent reside.

Sontag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sontag has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sontag last name expanded 683 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 5,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sontag Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sontag surname are 11.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.9% registered with the political party.

The amount Sontag earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 15.81% more than the national average, earning $49,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.64% more than the national average, earning $50,995 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sontág9455/
Sonntag9226,887/
Szontag9239/
Sontagh9228/
Sountag928/
Soontag922/
Sontagg922/
Somntag921/
Shontag920/
Szontagh86159/
Schontag8688/
Szonntag8625/
Szoentag868/
Shoentag861/
Sonntagg860/
Sonthaug860/
Contag83249/
Zontag83133/
Sontak8378/
Suntag8376/
Sontac8341/
Sontog8327/
Santag8317/
Somtag830/
Schoentag80131/
Sontagová8013/
Szonntagh807/
Sontake77907/
Szontág7798/
Sontack7779/
Shentag7732/
Shantag7732/
Sonntak7728/
Sonntog7720/
Soontak7716/
Zonntag775/
Sontakk774/
Sanntag773/
Sonntac773/
Sountak773/
Sonntág773/
Santaig771/
Sonntaq771/
Sountac771/
Shontog771/
Shuntag771/
Santaag771/
Sauntag770/
Sonntagová7594/
Sonntagova754/
Sontakke7163,473/
Sonttake71789/
Szontágh71125/
Jountagh7116/
Sonthake7110/
Schantag716/
Sontaque714/
Sounteax714/
Sontakhe712/
Shontake712/
Sontaake712/
Sountack711/
Schomtag711/
Sountake711/
Schuntag710/
Contac67229/
Suntak67215/
Santak67127/
Zontak67103/
Santac6797/
Sontok6773/
Sontágová6762/
Jantag6726/
Zuntag6722/
Sonttakke6722/
Sonták6717/
Contak6711/
Santax679/
Zontagová675/
Santog675/
Zontág675/
Shontakke674/
Sonthakke673/
Sontthake672/
Sontaakke672/
Samtag672/
Sontakova671/
Sonntakke671/
Sontattke671/
Cantag671/
Johntaugh670/
Sumtag670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sontag
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